I like to end my work week with as much amusement as possible. To that end, I wanted to post a global warming update….

RedSoxNation
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Are you an Aintitcool guy?

You can’t make this cr@p up … Name that Party, indeed.

Let’s roll.

Heck, he could have even driven my Honda SUV. It gets about 25 MPG on the highway even after 85,000 miles and seven years, and it would have made DC easily on one tank of gas.

I have gotten 39 MPG on my toyota corolla driving strictly on the highway going 75-80 mph. Mixed commute driving I average 32-35 MPG. 10 gallons of gas could have gotten him there and halfway back!

*sigh* I’m entirely confused now. Suffice it to say his point (as with most political points) was all show and no substance.

JadeNYU on January 13, 2009 at 3:03 PM

You nailed it Jade! That’s liberalism at its very core!

Laura are you being sarcastic? I mean I was in the northeast for the past year and they have the Amtrack Downeaster route in Boston that goes all the way to D.C.

Very sarcastic, and if memory serves, (I usually take the Metro and not the MARC train) Union station is a quick walk to the Capitol Building.

Of course mass transit doesn’t make a difference at all. There are still tons of cars on the roads in Boston and New York. I’m from the Columbus Ohio area and after being in the northeast for a year I came back and realized that traffic here is nothing compared to up there.

That is typical for hydrogen powered vehicles. The big problem is the fuel storage tank.

Dasher on January 13, 2009 at 4:19 PM

It’s a killer. Some places you can get away with that kind of range, but not west of the Mississippi. Out here a trip to grandma’s is a couple of hundred miles each way, and she is 40 miles from the nearest town.

How do you fill up a Hydrogen tank anyway? It’s going to be in gas form anywhere you find it on earth and in that form it will just float away because it’s too light. Do you have to physically put in a tank or something? Sounds tedious.

Kelligan on January 13, 2009 at 3:40 PM

This problem, like so many others, was solved during the Civil War. Note the lack of horses — one of the wonders of hydrogen technology.

The problem is the car can go about 150 to 200 miles without a refill

That is a major problem. That is half the range of any gasoline or diesel powered vehicle.

Vashta.Nerada on January 13, 2009 at 3:29 PM

That is typical for hydrogen powered vehicles. The big problem is the fuel storage tank. Hydrogen has to be compressed to 3600 psi to be able to be contained in a vessel (tank) small enough to fit in the vehicle. Even then the tank likely takes up most of the trunk space. So you have a vehicle that gets half the range using a tank that takes up 3 times the space as a gasoline tank, and also has the problem of 3600 psi tank pressure which might be kind of exciting in a collision.

Ed,

from your writing it appears you are buying into the global warming theory. Who cares about greenhouse gases?

Quite.

Climate change is a bankrupt philosophy co-opted by leftist ideologues for their own purposes which have little to do with science.

You’re right, Ed, the story should be about infrastructure. I was hoping the SUV’s had been carrying hydrogen to refuel the vehicle along the way but leave it to a Dem to concentrate on intent at the expense of execution.

Instead, Massa wound up having to use four cars for a one-way 282-mile trip to DC, thanks to his decision to go green.

And, that would be a problem, why?

Genius!

The problem is the car can go about 150 to 200 miles without a refill

Thiat is a major problem. That is half the range of any gasoline or diesel powered vehicle.

I think he’s just highlighting the absurdity of involving 4 vehicles in this trip to make a “green” point.